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Written by Elizabeth Lowell - Audio book performed by Maria Tucci - Abridged Fiction - Abridgment approved by Elizabeth Lowell - 4 CASSETTES - 6 hours

Publisher, Harper Audio (June 2001)

"Romantic suspense is her true forte." --Star Tribune, Minneapolis

"Elizabeth Lowell's keen ear for dialogue and intuitive characterizations consistently place her a cut above most writers in this genre." --News & Observer, Raleigh

"When you read this, I'll be dead..."

These are the troubling words Serena Charter's grandmother has written on a note accompanying four pages of a centuries-old illuminated manuscript delivered after the old woman's passing.

Seeking clues to the mystery laid out before her, Serena turns to Erik North, a reclusive manuscript appraiser with a passion for the past. Erik's examination of the vellum pages raises perplexing questions -- about Serena's legacy, the possible location of the remainder of the manuscript...and the senseless murder of an eccentric old woman.

Suddenly, Serena and Erik find themselves in the center of a firestorm that rages between two worlds...a past long dead yet living on in an ancient text and a contemporary landscape fraught with terror. Now, there is no one they trust except each other as they get closer to a shocking revelation about what is really at stake and how far a killer will go to possess a vanished treasure.